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July 17, 1928.

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Filed July 29, 1924 A? a f? INVENTOR. f0$Plf G. Snow/r ATTORNEY.

Patented July 17,- 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFIC E.

JOSEPH G. SWAIN, OE AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE. FIRESTONE STEELPRODUCTS COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WHEEL.

Application filed July 29,

This invention relates to vehicle wheels for receiving demountable rimssuch as are used on motor vehicles, and more particularly to such wheelshaving steel tellies.

The chiet object ot the invention is to provide a wheel with a steeltelly which is strong, yet light and inexpensive to manutacture and,moreover, which is so tormed as to provide an improved manner of seatingrim clamps thereon.

'The above and other objects of the invention will be better understoodwhen the tollowing brief description thereot is read in connection withthe accompanying drawings, it being understood that the invention is notlimited to the specific structure shown and described.

Ot the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a telly and rim mounted thereon, thesection being taken on line 11 on Figure 2, which illustrates oneembodiment of the invention; and

Figure 2 is a side elevation in part, of a telly and rim mountedthereon. p

Referring to the drawings, 10 is a steel telly mounted in a known manneron spokes indicated at 10*. The telly 10 has the usual radial flanges 11and 12, the inner of which, 11, is tormed with the usual rim seatingflange 13, and the outer of which is formed with a seat 1% slopingoutwardly of the telly so as to provide a seat tor the gutter 15 ot aknown type of demountable' rim 16. The rim 16 has the usual inner flange17 and an outer split flange ring 18 seated within the gutter 15.

The present 1nvention is directed to the provision on the innerperiphery of the telly 10 ot a crown 19 extending circumferentiallyabout the telly. It has been found that by such construction, lightweight stock can be employed out ot which a strong telly of improvedappearance can be obtained. The provision of a crown 19 has theadditional purpose of providing a seat 20 on which clamps, indicated at21, may fulcrum, the clamps 21 being formed substantially fulcrum theclamps.

1924. Serial No. 728,875.

L-shaped in cross-section and having a tulcrum. 22 at the end of theshort arm and a portion 23 at the end of the long arm adapted to engagethe gutter 15 to force the rim 16 on its seats 13 and 14. The long armof the clamp 21 has a bolt aperture 24 in alignment with bolt apertures25 and 26 respectively in the flanges 11 and 12. Bolts 27 are insertedthrough the apertures 25, 26

ing the edge of the crown on the telly to In demounting the T111], thereverse operations are performed as will be understood.

Modifications ot the invention may be. resorted to without departingtrom the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A vehicle wheel comprising a telly having an annular base which isgenerally flat in transverse section, said'base having a crown extendinginwardly circumterentially ot the inner periphery, and rim-seatingflanges extending outwardly from said base, said flanges having alignedbolt-receiving apertures therein, bolts in said apertures, and clamps onthe bolts, one edge of said crown being adapted to form a seat for saidclamps- 2. A vehicle wheel having, in combination, a metal telly tormedwith a generally transversely flat base having a crown extendinginwardly theretrom and with rimseating flanges having transverselyaligned apertures, bolts in the apertures, and rim clamps on the bolts,said clamps having tulcrums adapted to seat on one edge of said crown.

JOSEPH e. SWAIN.

. the fulcrum portion 20 ot the clamp engag-

